most 79 yard receiving games first 2 seasons

Justin Jefferson and Bill Groman were tied for the most games when gaining 79+ receiving yards in their first 2 seasons, with 20 games.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player game data complete from 1960

	NAME	GP	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	20	2,393	145	203	16.5	119.7	12	5	6	0.8	0.3	0
2	Bill Groman B. Groman	20	2,401	106		22.7	120.1	26	2	1	2.0	0.1	1
3	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	18	2,341	145	223	16.1	130.1	20	25	7	3.6	1.4	0
4	Randy Moss R. Moss	17	2,145	105	97	20.4	126.2	22	11	1	11.0	0.6	0
5	A.J. Green	16	1,749	105	165	16.7	109.3	10	59	6	9.8	3.7	0
6	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	16	2,075	98		21.2	129.7	14	0	0		0.0	0
7	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	15	1,886	126	173	15.0	125.7	5	111	18	6.2	7.4	1
8	Torry Holt T. Holt	15	1,790	85	127	21.1	119.3	9	7	2	3.5	0.5	0
9	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	15	1,778	78		22.8	118.5	21	7	2	3.5	0.5	0
10	Jaylen Waddle J. Waddle	14	1,508	94	130	16.0	107.7	9	9	1	9.0	0.6	0
11	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	14	1,802	103	145	17.5	128.7	13	4	2	2.0	0.3	0
12	A.J. Brown	14	1,585	73	106	21.7	113.2	13	13	1	13.0	0.9	0
13	Josh Gordon J. Gordon	14	1,826	94	158	19.4	130.4	12	78	4	19.5	5.6	0
14	Marques Colston M. Colston	14	1,652	113	165	14.6	118.0	13	0	0		0.0	0
15	Raymond Berry R. Berry	14	1,649	102		16.2	117.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
16	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	14	1,787	124		14.4	127.6	14	-4	1	-4.0	-0.3	0
17	Brian Thomas Jr. B. Thomas Jr.	13	1,247	79	115	15.8	95.9	8	37	5	7.4	2.8	0
18	Garrett Wilson G. Wilson	13	1,307	90	153	14.5	100.5	5	13	5	2.6	1.0	0
19	JuJu Smith-Schuster J. Smith-Schuster	13	1,642	104	140	15.8	126.3	8	13	1	13.0	1.0	0
20	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	13	1,351	102	139	13.2	103.9	7	0	0		0.0	0
21	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	13	1,405	97	148	14.5	108.1	11	18	4	4.5	1.4	0
22	Otis Taylor O. Taylor	13	1,410	64		22.0	108.5	9	33	2	16.5	2.5	0
23	Don Maynard D. Maynard	13	1,429	85		16.8	109.9	11	0	0		0.0	0
24	Chris Olave C. Olave	12	1,283	82	127	15.6	106.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
25	Terry McLaurin T. McLaurin	12	1,243	75	104	16.6	103.6	7	30	2	15.0	2.5	0

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Lions	5	2	0	.714
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